Imagination

'Okay , everybody carefully observe what I am going to do',said the teacher ,and went to a corner ,and pressed a button on the wall.

The floor below opened up, and the dojo mats were replaced with little cushions, exactly as the number of people in the room.

In the front, an elevated platform rose, with a cushion specially dedicated ,and designed for the teacher.

The teacher sat on it in meditation form ,and closed her eyes.

She stayed silent ,breathing slowly. Ten minutes passed away.

The whole class looked at her intently with curious eyes about what she was going to do.

She suddenly took a deep breath ,

Every ounce of elemental energy in the room gathered in front of her.

Everyone felt a chilling breeze flow towards the teacher.

Everyone stared at her intently ,but they were not able to notice anything else different, except for the chilling breeze which passed them.

The teacher slowly opened her eyes.

'Can any one of you here see anything or notice anything different in front of me',asked the teacher.

But everyone swayed their heads implying that they didn't see anything, except for one.

The teacher noticed the boy's reaction ,and gave out a slight smile.

'Indeed he was special just like I thought'

Every kid from special families would have experienced this training if they knew about it in a early age.

Even in the special families ,the kids would only able to sense ,and see the elemental energy after a pretty long time of training.

But she never thought a kid from the lowest of all families would have the ability to see it, without any training.

'Just what kind of secrets are you hiding kid,'wondered the teacher.

Ben was able to see ,a huge amount of elemental energy in front of the teacher.

Most of the elemental energy in the room was gathered in front of her in form of a compressed ball.

Ben was impressed at her level of control.

'Cadets ,this will be your basic training , I will guide you do what I did just now ,and until you clear this part of the training you will not be able to pass on to the next level',said the teacher ,and the huge ball of energy gathered in front of her slowly dispersed.

Everyone felt normal ,the cool breeze around them had gone.

The teacher alloted them ,and made them sit orderly on the cushions.

Ben was placed at the corner of the room by the teacher.

The teacher went to the front ,and stood in front of them.

'Everyone remove your shoes '

The students slowly removed their shoes ,and sat in the cushion bare foot.

'The pose in which I sat today in front of you is called as bhatmasana , a form in yoga used for breathing exercises ,now you all should sit in that form.'

The students felt slightly difficult to sit in the pose, the teacher slowly corrected everyone of them ,and made them sit in the proper pose.

It was slightly causing them pain , but they had no choice but to follow their teacher's instructions.

'Now hear my voice ,and try to imagine what I am trying to say ,and try to slowly breathe in ,and breathe out'

The students did what the teacher asked them to do.

'Now imagine that every time you breath , you are inhaling elemental energy ,the elemental energy gets stored in your body, feel the energy getting stored in your body .

Now slowly breathe out the energy stored in your body '

The students repeated what the teacher said again ,and again.

'Note every time you breathe out also imagine that the energy which you let out is yours ,and you are the owner of the energy ,and you can control it ,and make it abide your will.

And unless you let it go ,it belongs to you ,and you only'.

The students did what the teacher asked patiently again and again.

They felt peaceful ,and their mind was clear of all thoughts ,but still they very facing other problems.

The pain in their legs was slowly beginning to increase , some even lost their focus ,and went out of form.

But they again tried it.

Some students who had trained their body to some level , was able to maintain their form throughout the session.

Ben was one of them.

Ben could feel something ,but he couldn't grasp it into his control.

It was as if it was too wild that he was not able to tame it.

'Okay students slowly open your eyes ,and break from your forms.'

The students did it ,and they felt a sense of peace ,and relief fill their hearts.

Some had lost the flow of blood in their legs ,and they were struggling a bit .

'Okay ,the class is about to get over, But I want you guys to repeat this everyday ,and until you grasp this you cannot advance to the next form at all.

Remember this always , Imagination ,and Knowledge is power.

The more you know about the elements ,and try to imagine them,the more you understand ,and perceive them.

If you take fire ,for an example ,it is violent ,and strong. Whenever there is fire there is a need for oxygen.

So I ask you guys a question, What do you think is the strongest color of a flame.

'Red ',answered one of the students.

Different answers came from the students.

'But do you guys know the real answer, it is actually purple,

So if you think of the fire element in your heart without understanding the properties or the nature of fire.

You can never create a strong ,and proper fire.

Even the strongest elemental masters have never achieved the color purple in their flame control.

So a question may rise ,why can't they control purple fire even after understanding the properties ,and nature of fire?

The answer to the question is still not known ,some beasts are said to have shown the abilities to control the purple flames.

But they are like myths ,no one had ever confirmed or recorded it.

And I feel some questions are better if they are left without answers.'said the teacher ,and the small ringing sound was heard inside the class to denote the end of the class.

'Cadets remember my instructions ,and don't fail to do them, if you feel you can't find a silent place ,try using the meditation room in your dormitory.'